洛杉矶之说是老鹰乐队自己在人们无数次追问后的一个回答，虽然说歌曲就 如同小说一样，离开了作者后要由听者来解释，堂·亨莱（Don Henley）是这 样解说的：“我们是一群来自中西部州中产阶层背景的年轻人，加州旅馆是我们 对洛杉矶的上流社会的理解。它可看做是对总是追求奢淫生活的美国的一个象征， 而不仅仅是关于加州和毕利华山区。”（毕利华山区是洛杉矶的一个最富人区， 好莱坞的影星歌星的居处）

（“We were all middle-class kids from the Midwest,” Henley said of the Eagles. “＇＇Hotel California＇＇ was our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles. It was meant to be a metaphor for the United States, for the excesses this country has always been known for. It wasn＇＇t meant to be just about California or Beverly Hills.”）

《加州旅馆》自面世开始，立即就引来很多的质疑与批评。尽管谁也不敢夸 口说自己的理解是正解版本，但歌词中明显的吸毒、性乱、邪教等暗示还是引起 道德卫士的不满，并且在美国数州受到宗教团体的杯葛。不过，《加州旅馆》歌 曲中那成经典的吉他旋律、诡异莫名的歌词内容、感人心弦的悲世情怀，使得这 首《加州旅馆》神秘永远，成为最爱。

３、超强翻译：

《加州旅馆》是多少人心目中的经典恐怕难以计量 这片翻译的东东对于所有加迷来说绝对不能错过本文的原作者也一定是一个超强的加州迷 而我想，英译汉的最高境界也不过如是吧 好了，我废话少说，大家欣赏——

    On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair  
    Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air  
    Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light  
    My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim  
    I had to stop for the night  
    There she stood in the doorway;  
    I heard the mission bell  
    And I was thinking to myself  
    ’This could be Heaven or this could be Hell’  
    Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way  
    There were voices down the corridor,  
    I thought I heard them say...  
    Welcome to the Hotel California  
    Such a lovely place  
    Such a lovely face  
    Plenty of room at the Hotel California  
    Any time of year, you can find it here  
    月黑大漠路迢迢，风高凛冽客思归，  
    人倦眼乏昏欲睡，闻香忽见灯火碎，  
    但见有女娉婷立，耳畔钟声如乐起，  
    天堂地狱两相忘，浑然不似在人间，  
    秉烛引路过画廊，人声嘈杂迎客至：  
    加州客栈诚待客，虚位以侯游子回，  
    Her mind is Tiffany- twisted, she got the Mercedes bends  
    She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends  
    How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.  
    Some dance to remember, some dance to forget  
    So I called up the Captain,  
    ’Please bring me my wine’  
    He said,’We haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine’  
    And still those voices are calling from far away,  
    Wake you up in the middle of the night  
    Just to hear them say...  
    Welcome to the Hotel California  
    Such a lovely place  
    Such a lovely face  
    They livin’ it up at the Hotel California  
    What a nice surprise, bring your alibis  
    衣香鬓影佳人意，玉郎终始为君来，  
    放歌纵舞前廊院，香汗淋漓未尽欢：  
    纵使笙歌能醉月，情未忘我怎忘情？  
    便向校官索美酒，经年未备意阑珊，  
    午夜梦回旧馆舍，声声呼唤充耳闻，  
    倦鸟羁留深林久，此间乐哉不思飞，  
    Mirrors on the ceiling,  
    The pink champagne on ice  
    And she said ’We are all just prisoners here, of our own device’  
    And in the master’s chambers,  
    They gathered for the feast  
    The stab it with their steely knives,    
    But they just can’t kill the beast      
    Last thing I remember, I was  
    Running for the door  
    I had to find the passage back  
    To the place I was before  
    ’Relax,’said the night man,  
    We are programmed to receive.  
    You can checkout any time you like,  
    but you can never leave  
    宝镜倒映烛影晃，寒冰装点酒色红，  
    宾客齐至成盛筵，佳人美酒俱添光，  
    轻启朱唇惊四座，投杯停箸不能食：  
    钢刀银*手中持，心魔犹在不能消，  
    自我羁押成囚徒，吾辈颓然尚不知。  
    闻言仓皇寻旧路，四顾茫茫无着处，  
    明朝更向何处去？更者悠然言少歇：  
    纵然我辈长别离，此生有命不能弃，  
    前路漫漫归旧旅，生此回环无尽时。